The local elections took place on the 7th of June with 40 seats on Fingal County Council up for election. The Rush-Lusk local election area is one of seven LEA’s in Fingal and saw the election of five Councillors. Heading the poll was Cllr Rob O’Donoghue with 3,185 first preference votes and being deemed elected on the first count for his second five-year term on the Council.

Speaking about the results, Councillor O’Donoghue stated, ‘I would like to say thank you to the people of Lusk for your support in the Local Elections. I am genuinely overwhelmed at receiving 26% of first preference votes in the constituency. I am going to continue to work hard for all my constituents and will be available as always for any issues large or small. I would like in particular to thank my canvassers, leafleters and posterers with which I would never have been able to cover the ground that we did, I am eternally grateful for their support.

There is a lot of work to do in the coming Council terms and there are a number of projects that I would like to see continue to be progressed in Lusk including, the Lusk Sports Hub currently seeking planning permission from An Bord Pleanala, the Lusk Town Centre First Plan which was published in May and to ensure the sustainable development of the town. I look forward to representing Lusk for the duration of the term to the very best of my ability.’